# Accident 20200125001809A: Beech A36, Summerland Key, FL, January 25, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2020, 15:30 local time
- Place: Summerland Key, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 24.6608° N, 81.4494° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.6608&lon=-81.4494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41VK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41VK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,989 total, 370 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200125001809A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT STATED HE PERFORMED PREFLIGHT, SHORT WARM-UP AND RUN-UP CHECKLIST.  DURING DEPARTURE HE FELT RESISTANCE ON THE FLIGHT CONTROLS AND THE AIRCRAFT SEEMED TO MOVE NOSE DOWN.  AT IAS 85KTS HE PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE AND FELT CONSIDERABLE RESISTANCE.  PULLED ONE MORE TIME, STILL HAD RESISTANCE AND THEN STARTED FULL BRAKING AND WENT HARD LEFT TO AVOID THE CANAL AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO TREES AT END OF RUNWAY 30 DURING ATTEMPTED TO DEPART THE AIRFIELD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA20LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA089), Jan 25, 2020: Beech A36 (N41VK), Summerland Key, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to remove the flight control gust lock before takeoff, which resulted in an inability to rotate, aborted takeoff, and subsequent runway overrun. Contributing to the accident was a…

## Other reports on N41VK (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20181123022839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181123022839A), Nov 23, 2018: Beech A36 (N41VK), Summerland Key, FL, Substantial damage. During landing rollout after touchdown the airman attempted to retract the flaps for aeronautical braking and inadvertently grabbed the gear handle causing the…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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